August 2010 Meeting Notes
Compiled by Dave Jaffe
Contributions from Kevin Appert and others
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09:50 |
Coffee and a Chat |
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10:00 |
VHDL Implementation of eP32 - CH Ting
"I have
implemented eP32 on several FPGA platforms, including Xilinx, Altera, and
Actel. I will dig up the Altera Stratix II development board and demonstrate
it. The eP32 implementation is now in the public domain and I can give a
detailed presentation. I would like to re-work it, taking out all the bells and
whistles, and return it to the prestine state where Forth really shines.
However, I may not get everything done by the August meeting."
- VHDL Design of eP32 Microprocessor
- Slides - 142 Kb pdf
file
- Video - 362
Mb ogm file
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11:35 |
Quickie
This is an unallotted timeslot for attendees
to present something informally. |
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11:45 |
Lunch
We will walk to
The Treehouse by
Tresidder Union. Here is the
menu.
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13:00 |
Introductions, Announcements, Discussions, Rumors, and
Gossip - All Assembled
This month we'll go around the room and
each introduce ourselves. If you've read something interesting, tell us about
it!
Dave Jaffe briefly described
Forth
for Beginners by Christopher Lampton, 1985. |
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13:15 |
Field Trip Planning - All Assembled
We've been
talking on the email list about a trip up to the Nike Site on the first
Saturday in September. We'll discuss logistics for that trip and consider other
expeditions, perhaps the FIRST Robotics
CalGames in October. |
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13:30 |
$29 FPGA Board Runs Forth - John Rible
John
will talk about his latest (non-GreenArrays) project: porting two Forth cpus
and eforth to the $29
LatticeXP2
Brevia Development Kit. |
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14:05 |
Quickie
This is an unallotted timeslot for attendees
to present something informally. |
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14:10 |
Break |
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14:10 |
Ascetic Programming - Samuel A. Falvo II
"Bear
with me as I attempt to muddle through explaining why you shouldn't use object
oriented programming in Forth, and how to make up for the loss using relational
techniques."
This was a preview of Sam's Forth Day talk with a little more
time for "side trips" and discussion. |
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15:05 |
Quickie
This is an unallotted timeslot for attendees
to present something informally. If nobody steps forward, we may run this 'blast from the past'
(just the Forth part). |
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15:10 |
Archeology - SCADA in Forth - EXPRESS in polyFORTH -
Dennis A. Ruffer
EXPRESS is FORTH,
Inc's industrial control software. Dennis will give us a tour through the Mix
Master demo. |
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15:45 |
Alan Furman gave a brief demonstration and description of a
SwiftForth program running in Windows. |
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15:55 |
Clean up |
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16:00 |
Adjourn |
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Other items:
- Forth
- BV511 ARM
Microcontroller - The BV511 is an ARM-based PCB which holds the Forth
operating system
- MicroProcessor
Engineering - Forth systems for ARM, OS-X, Linux, Microsoft
- Forth from FORTH, Inc. (MSP-430,
but not necessarily for the TI MSP-430 LaunchPad)
- CamelForth for
MSP430F1611
-
MyForth
Reference Manual - Revision 8
- tengoku-engine - An
advanced game engine written in Forth
- pForth -
Portable Forth in 'C'
- Forth - from the
Encyclopedia of Computer Languages
- Software
- FreeDOS
- dc, an arbitrary precision claculator
- Original
manual by Richard Stallman
- MKS Toolkit 9.3
documentation
- Hardware
- MSP-430
LaunchPad
- MSP-430
wireless wristwatch
- MSP-430
development dongle - $20
- Accelerometer for
MSP-430 development dongle
- Bluetooth
for MSP-430
- MSP430F149 running open
source TCP/IP stack
- Third
party TI info
- Additional
MSP-430 LaunchPad discussion
- Books by Richard Haskell
- Introduction
to Digital Design
- Digital
Design
- Forth Jobs
- Other
- Javascript 1K demos
- Sam Falvo blog
- Rendering
Articles
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